Caleo – eco-friendly cooking
DESIGN: Weronika Karska
Poland
make me! 2025
We are consuming more and more electricity worldwide, gradually becoming dependent on it for nearly every activity. In Poland, over 70% of this energy comes from coal combustion, which has the highest emissions among all available energy sources. The development of AI technology – which, on one hand, offers immense possibilities, and on the other, consumes vast amounts of electricity – combined with Poland’s current energy situation, led me to ask: what if one day we run out of power? These reflections inspired me to create “Caleo” – a proposal for cooking with reduced energy consumption, drawing on the old-fashioned method of “cooking under the blanket”, once used by our mothers and grandmothers. The project uses local materials such as stoneware from Bolesławiec and Polish sheep wool, and is a step toward revitalizing local craft manufacturers for which and in which it was created – the Artistic Handicraft Cooperative in Bolesławiec and the Skoczów Hat Factory, Polkap S.A.
Caleo – eco-friendly cooking, design: Weronika Karska / ph. Paulina Krzyżak
Caleo – eco-friendly cooking, design: Weronika Karska / ph. Paulina Krzyżak
Caleo – eco-friendly cooking, design: Weronika Karska / ph. Paulina Krzyżak
Caleo – eco-friendly cooking, design: Weronika Karska / ph. Paulina Krzyżak
A graduate of the Faculty of Design at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków and the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice. Her work focuses on issues such as respect for the natural environment, ethics and design methodology, as well as cultural heritage. She is also interested in user experience design, loves to experiment with materials, and enjoys combining seemingly distant fields into one.
Winner of Young Design 2024, finalist in the Młodzi na Start competition, and her work was featured in the Font Nie Czcionka magazine’s selection of the best graduation projects.
